The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-05
KISSANE.
# All is True of Him He is a
Villain.
Rr0ODY WORK IN LOUISIANA
,,~ban AgsfIs-Oynarnite DeViltry-
70 Serve Bis Punishment All
LCst-0ther News Notes.
KEsaane, the sooundrst.

SAN FsAECIsoO, April 8. There seem
- hs no doubt among those in a posi-
son to know that the statement pub
j.bad Yesterday in the California Demo
rat "a German paper of this city, re
a.,d;nR K.ssane, and telegraphed cas-
Is,t night, is strictly correct, and tina
william Kissaue and Col. William K
rogers, a wealthy citizen Of this State
living ct Sonoma, is one and the same
-o-oon This fact has been known tC
iPsrsTal people IN this city for three
S.rs brt out of consideration for his
s Gnyt relations has not been made
i avn The ldlit0 MIA 0eHOErGt was
IN NJ f,st 10 reveal Kissane's ider tity
~ ~ nothing further than that beyOl d
sbot was telegraphed from CLEVELAND
- nioht. has been mentioned OF t q
s~biect Kisssne's or Rogers connec-
t;oIs nv marriage are among the
woalthiest and most prominent N this
city. ,,, Tho Ts,J .
iii M to.morrow. publish another inter
estjpg ms aIlment story OF Slqney y:
RnrtOn's efforts to run down WiIilam
Kisssne. ut says every detail OF TINS
case has been preserved IN maauscrlp5r
and is now in the possession OF dalgh-
fer of Burton, Mrs. Francis ID. Bou-
man, of No 95 State Street The docu
mentary evidence includes the manu-
scFipt OF book written by Mr.. Burton
and yoluminous correspondence with
persons interested in the case.
The complete story of Kissane S
career has never appeared in print.
In 1851 Mr.. Burton had been
established for eight years as proprietor
of a leather and wool warehouse. He
conducted i prosperous business.
Among his correspondents we're FIlley
& Chaplin, a leather firm located in Gin
cinnati. In November, 1855, ne held
their notes for 81, 500. and he owned also
2,200 sheep skins, which were stored IN
their warehouse. On December IS,
1851, he visited Cincinnati and found
that the firm had made an assignment.
They we're succeeded by Lyman Cole, a
man VINO was subsequently aires ed IN
New York on the charge Of having
been Implicated with KlSsaDe in bank
forgery. When Mr.. Burton asked for
tn payment of the notes and tue rzt turn
al the sDeepskins he was informed that
he could 60 to the devil with
the rest Of the creditors. Captain
Cummings, who commanded the Martha
Washington, was an intimate friend of
Cole, and Kissane had an interest in
the business. Dir. Burton learned that
they pad purchased the Martha Wash
l1gton and were annoyed over the IN
favorable circumstances that prevented
her arrival The vessel put in an ap-
pearanca at last, and steamed out Of
the city for New Orleans. with a heavy
invoice on board, on January 9th, 1851.
lt was soon developed hat the steam er
and cargo were heavily insured. On
January Il, 1852, the boat was burned
near Helena, Ark, sixteen lives were
lost and tie value of the produce was
placed at S125,0OO. Early the same
year, MI Burton said, Adam Chaplin
was IN New York, endeavoring to secure
me payment of the insurance policy for
?iV,tJO, and was satisfied that the burn
ing OF the steamer was an act of incen-
ularlSm. He notified the insurance
company and they refused to pay the
policies The conspirators then sought
70 VIII Mr.. Burton over to their
sue he says in the manuscript that
tney Offered him $1,000 in addition to
u t1e tlley and Chaplin notes, if he
y" "Ul5l assist in. procuring the payment
P, .ue insurance money. Then MI.
~ III ol resolved to bring the criminals
JuS5lce. The insurance companies
6 l9aL at 10 assist him, but he spent $780,
OooUi MS own money and over So, 900
UUDnvflouted by a friend. During his
1 pGisult OF the gang, he travelled 5000
b allIee' he was constantly bounded.
nafrassed and even threatened bv Kis
zane ana his friends. Few persons are
i neI-1 tuat emmlssaries of Kissane were
dear 1AT Ts "a In causing Mr.. Burton's
NeW I'm w Lne summer of 1866 he visited
case tb. unh and, as had been the
Initial SStu aut his travels in the
r3n n,tgn states and Canada. his every
TsT 'Tii ;n a. was watched by Kissane.
ii --11'y u the fall he became a victim of
No., .CS-lg ~ Illness and returned to his
- -l9--ls' he ne fingered for months mt
y 1s5s covered D, dying on December
- iooo' The fact was estahliSHed
81 me ume that sKisssne's frreIGs
50 n1u succeeded I'm s1,reo Til1r5
E gT,son INTO Is foodSaand his deaI6 - re-.
leu, deSpSs the efforts of oil ~
ltGiiuS " save him. Mr.. Rurton ~
IS oVoS, gives detailed accom-. nf H.
Tsse, out lt was never mt int -; ~
Z. vas entitled, "Drams Cr r,U pi-n.'
II. iI'a5 5! IN Real Lie" Aecord;ng -
o .t6 preface tbi' the book contains, among
F5;ii;a ,n'I 453 q complete confession nv
-ns s,,.aI Aissane. Among Mrs Ron,
ysfts,e papers are several interesting
No ost One, from General Frenc;s
In, 90 " pan sFancisco. hears dsS If
an, "a; 1850. General Darr saws. a
ola naive CT Gucinnati and of tba
fo T v Urn OF Gross & Dietricb. 0np foe o.
str3.l handles, soaps and nils, was ~
William 2 K ioyI, Dy the incendiary act of
paring IN Nt Sne. While we were pre-
light K 2ie proofs other crimes cane to
pf0m;r no,s9ahe has become rich and
notbire e =! ana his .intimates know
TtsIanf7 y. His crimes, He was horn in
tbencoo emigrated to Oanada and
FnsII-, 20 cincinnati in the 'forties
death % 1t escaped the halter bv fhe
Anotb o your father by poisoning
Pr ov;JaNef letter is from John EGdy az
Che'a;osa1ic X: l., former officer of tha
Noysr,e5ssl Bank 1t bears the data in Of
sa vsemher 20. 1885. and in IL In ", ua,e Oh
-Four fstbeS ans was Dardoned after
sgQa snd death. He went to Nicar-
aeld SOM SON returned during the war and
prominent POSITIONS. Henow